er it auto focuses if mode dial sets to m, only if you flip the switch on the lens to manual or possibly change the setting in menus (wouldn't know as have never set to purely manual focus just m,anual on the dial)

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Doesn't sound very healthy. The 35mm lens is a beauty and should focus very quickly. It should be set to M/A on the lens.

My apparently garbled post above your last one was a copy and paste from the manual stating how you can change within the menu settings to MF which would stop the autofocus working but if it is working at all as seems to be the case then that's not your problem).

Ive got the D3200 and its had very little use. Isnt the Zoon motors in the Lenses themself?
When I was looking at 300mm Zoom lens then the Manual Zoom(as in no Zoom Motors on the Lens) were 50% cheaper than the Auto-Focus versions.

The fact that both lens dont work for you may point towards the bit in the camera that uses the Zoom Motors?

Maybe try ringing Nikon UK and see if you can speak to someone in the Service Dept?

Cheers, just spotted the little green light, it certainly was not there previously when having issues, but now both the stock "zoom" lens and more importantly the 35mm "prime" lens has the green light and seems to be focused perfectly